Ok Wienerboard researchers I need your help one more time. I don't have much in the way of up-to-date info (articles or books) on computers, specifically on the history of the personal computer industry. While I can find many of the basic facts easily enough, I can't seem to locate anything on the *number* of personal computers in America historically. For example, how many personal computers were in use (in America) in 1980 compared to 1990? 1990 compared to 2000? Where can I find some kind of raw numbers for either of these eras? Does anyone have any books on personal computers which lists these facts, or know of any web sites which have this? (Google isn't even helping me on this!)

Beautiful, thank you Sham. Maybe I dread the word "census" so I didn't use it, but those figures were very well presented and summarized. (Historians usually look at statistical charts and have anxiety attacks.) I guess also have a research problem of stubbornly sitting there and trying the same basic search words over and over in different combinations. I can't "see the forest for the trees" until I back up and think about it, and occasionally get some help. (I believe I tried "personal computer use in America," "personal computer history," "numbers of personal computers," etc.)

Again, much thanks.

DMC

(Interesting...any statistics experts know why the Department of Commerce numbers are higher than those of the Census Bureau? Different samples, different surveys? Would it be fair to combine the two and take the average, or simply report one set of data and note the source?)